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West Sacramento’s ‘Police Log’

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 8, 2013 —

News items below are collected from police dispatchers’ notes and arrest reports. The information in them has often not been verified beyond the initial reports. This log comes from the News-Ledger newspaper in West Sacramento. To see ‘Police Log’ every week, take advantage of the subscription offer at bottom.

April 29, 3:58 p.m.
A Walnut Street man called 911. He didn’t have an emergency; he just called “to find out who hung up on him.” The man said he would need an ambulance later to take him to a hospital, but he refused to take the ambulance service’s phone number from the dispatcher. He “said he would call back on 911 for transportation when he wanted to go.”

April 29, 7:30 p.m.
A man reported he had just been shot in the back of the leg by a BB gun. He suspected the shot came from a third-floor apartment nearby on F Street, since he had turned in the residents there for smoking drugs. He is now “concerned it is retaliation.”

April 30, 1 p.m.
An officer responded to the scene of a burglary on Maple Street. A man with a backpack and bike was seen going into a shed and exiting with a “weed eater” and other lawn equipment. He was caught on the homeowner’s video. The officer contacted the 32-year old suspect nearby and arrested him for an outstanding warrant as well as possession of brass knuckles. After being shown the video and read his Miranda rights, the suspect admitted the theft. He went to jail.

April 30, 9 p.m.
Police trying to locate a missing person contacted a 24-year old Clear Lake man on the 1000-block of West Capitol Avenue. The man and the missing person were believed to have arrived at the scene in a Ford Excursion. From that SUV came the strong smell of marijuana. An officer found inside it a total of 78.6 grams of marijuana along with “multiple” prescription pill bottles in the Clear Lake man’s name. In a search while being arrested, the man was also found with $858 in cash. He opted not to make a statement after being read his rights, and was jailed.
April 30
An $800 stove and $250 in electrical wire were reported stolen from a residence on the 3200-block of West Capitol Avenue.

April 30
An Evergreen Avenue company reported that it had terminated a 25-year old Placerville man. But the employee didn’t stop working after being fired: he used a company catalog to continue collecting sales money for T-shirt orders.

April 30, 6:14 a.m.
A car parked on Hardy Drive was found burglarized, and a purse stolen from inside. The door lock had been “punched” and the car was found with the door “wide open.”

April 30, 2:08 p.m.
A citizen called 911 from the 1300-block of West Capitol. The citizen reported that his or her car door “accidentally hit another car due to the wind, (and) the owner of the other car is upset and (the citizen) is afraid.”

May 3, 6:45 a.m.
A firm on Embarcadero Way notified police that it would be laying off 60 employees later in the day. The notification was “in case of problems” when the workers learned their fate.

May 3, 6:49 a.m.
Someone broke into the water vending machine outside a market on the 3100-block of Jefferson Blvd. in Southport, causing damage of at least $1,000.

May 3, 7:26 a.m.
A Water Street resident reported “an ongoing problem with a neighbor moving (the resident’s) garbage cans up on the sidewalk so they can park in front of the neighbor’s house, and the garbage is not picked up.”

May 3, 10:55 a.m.
A self-storage unit on Evergreen Avenue was found burglarized.

May 3, 10:57 a.m.
A citizen on Walnut Street reported “someone has a rifle with as scope and they are pointing it up a tree.”

May 3, 12:08 p.m.
A city-owned Ford Focus wagon parked in the city hall parking lot was found burglarized.

May 3, 1:56 p.m.
A caller reported that two people in sleeping bags had been camped out by the book drop at the local library since at least 10 a.m., and “there is a horrible smell of urine.”

May 3, 6:57 p.m.
A caller from a liquor store in Southport reported that he “won money on a lottery ticket, and the clerk ripped up the ticket and said he is not a winner.” The caller had a receipt for the ticket, and said he will wait on site for an officer.

May 4, 3:37 a.m.
A resident near Linden Road and Redwood reported some people in an older pickup truck were “speeding and doing donuts” in the neighborhood, as well as running stop signs. The same truck had been speeding nearby earlier as well.

May 4, 7:15 a.m.
A caller from Chinook Road reported that a silver VW Golf or Jetta had hit a tree in front of the house at about 6 a.m.. The caller had located the suspect vehicle in the neighborhood.

May 4, 6:12 p.m.
A ’66 Ford pickup parked on Norfolk Avenue was found vandalized. The “exterior is keyed, upholstery ripped up.”

[adrotate group=”10″] May 4, 9:05 a.m.
A caller from a gas station on the 1700-block of West Capitol said four subjects “just tried to rob” him or her.

May 4, 1:04 p.m.
A flower bed at city hall was reported to be on fire.

May 4, 1:30 p.m.
A caller from the 1000-block of West Capitol reported that he and his brother had just been in an argument, and the brother-in-law hit him with the dull side of a hatchet.

May 4, 8:24 p.m.
A loss prevention officer at a Southport supermarket watched as a 35-year old man took a water filter from a shelf, went to another aisle and concealed it on his person before exiting the store.
“He then made contact with the subject as he was exiting the store, and identified himself as store security. (The employee) stated that at this time, the subject pulled the concealed merchandise off his person and threw it at him and stated, ‘I’m sorry.’”
The employee began to place the man under citizen’s arrest, but the subject became “combative” and was handcuffed. The employee emptied the suspect’s pockets, finding a baggie of a white crystal substance that later tested positive as methamphetamine. Police picked up the suspect.

May 4, 9:22 p.m.
A Rivermont Street reported an apparently sick raccoon was in the back yard, “moving funny.”

May 4, 4:30 a.m.
A 48-year old homeless man was arrested for setting “several small grass fires” in a 3rd Street field.

May 4, 3:36 p.m.
A 36-year old Sacramento man got into an altercation with a Yolobus driver. He was arrested for public intoxication.

May 5, 12:58 a.m.
A woman on Sullivan Court reported an “unknown pit bull” was in her backyard. She was “unsure about leaving her own residence,” and the dog was “looking aggressive.”

May 5, 2:17 a.m.
An Inglewood Drive resident returned home about 30 minutes earlier to find the back door “wide open” and the house “ransacked.” Missing were jewelry, a safe and other items.

May 5, 4:28 a.m.
At a motel on the 900-block of West Capitol, two subjects were reported to be knocking on doors “trying to get (people) to buy stolen goods.”

May 5, 12:22 p.m.
A bullet hole was found in the window of a vehicle parked on Kegle Drive. The owner reported having heard a gunshot at about 2 a.m.

May 5, 12:30 p.m.
A resident of Jefferson Blvd. in Southport reported that two teens on bike, dressed all in black, had just hit the home’s door with eggs.

May 5, 1:28 p.m.
A car parked on Presidio Road was found damaged after someone apparently tried to steal gas from it.

May 5, 4:05 p.m.
A man on Short Street said a neighbor had installed security cameras, and some of them were pointing at the man’s house. The neighbor refused to turn the cameras.

May 5, 6:21 p.m.
A disabled woman at a fast food restaurant on the 1000-block of West Capitol set her purse down briefly, and someone took the wallet from it. The business’s video showed a 28-year old Douglas Drive woman taking the wallet. Police found her nearby, in possession of the wallet. She was arrested.

May 5, 4:20 p.m.
A loss prevention officer at an Ikea Drive store saw a 39-year old man put some merchandise into his backpack and exit the store. He fled from the approaching store employee but the employee caught up to him. The suspect then swung his bicycle at the employee’s head – and the worker blocked it with his arm and shoulder.
The suspect then fled on bike, and led responding police on a short pursuit before being caught and arrested. After being read his Miranda rights, he admitted to the theft and assault.

May 5, 10:28 p.m.
A police officer responded to a residence on the 1800-block of West Capitol Avenue for a “civil issue.” A man known to the officer answered the door, with a “suspicious white powdery substance on his right nostril and the area below his lip and nostril.”
Also in the room was a known 34-year old woman, sitting on the bed.
Looking in the doorway, the officer reported seeing plastic bags tied with knots – similar to bags commonly used for narcotics – and a glass pipe that was charred and a bag with a tar-like substance that later tested positive as heroin.
The man was arrested on warrants. After tests confirmed the presence of drugs, the woman was later re-located and arrested as well.

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Basketball: cops versus firefighters

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 8, 2013 —

West Sacramento firefighters will take on the city’s police department in a charity basketball game on Saturday, May 11. The game starts at 6 p.m. at River City High School. Tickets ($3/adults, $2/children) are sold at the door. Proceeds benefit the high school’s athletic programs.

The school is located at 2801 Jefferson Blvd. in Southport.

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West Sac picks new chief of police

NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — MAY 9, 2013 —

The City of West Sacramento announced this morning that the city council has chosen a police chief to replacing retiring chief Dan Drummond.

Tom McDonald, a currently a Los Angeles Police Department captain, has been appointed to the post.

McDonald currently serves as the commanding officer for LAPD’s Bomb Squad, Bomb K-9, and Hazmat. He has also served as the patrol commanding officer in Rampart and in south central Los Angeles. McDonald will replace Drummond, who recently announced his retirement after serving for nine years.

“We are very pleased to add someone with Mr. McDonald’s leadership and background to our city’s police department and management team,” said West Sacramento City Manager Martin Tuttle in a press release. “His personality and expertise are a perfect match for the department and the community.”

Among his assignments during his 30-year career, McDonald served as a gang officer, SWAT element member, and training officer. McDonald specialized in crowd management during the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center in New York City, McDonald developed an award winning counter-terrorism program known as Operation Archangel designed to assess and protect thekey facilities in Los Angeles.

“I am looking forward to building on Chief Drummond’s efforts and contributing to, and being part of, West Sacramento’s emergence as a great city,” said McDonald in a press statement.

[adrotate group=”9″]McDonald, who joined LAPD as a police officer in 1983, received his Bachelor’s degree in Organization Management from Biola University. He will begin work in early July.

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One DUI arrest at West Sac checkpoint

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 1, 2013 —

West Sacramento police checked driver’s licenses and looked for signs of inebriation behind the wheel of each car passing through a checkpoint Friday night, April 26, at Harbor Boulevard and Duluth Street. They announced the planned checkpoint in advance – the News-Ledger published an announcement on its website – but kept the location secret until near the 7 p.m. start time.